GUI Development Options

I have recently been tasked to write a simple GUI application under
Linux. I understand there are two camps - Qt and GTK+, and we will
probably go the GTK+ route. One criteria is that the deployment must be
as simple as possible. So, what are my options?

1) Mono/C# - this is the most attractive option in that I am primarily
a C# programmer under Windows these days. However, I am concerned about
deployment. If this requires that the customer go through what I had to
go through to get mono installed and running, then this is not an
option.

2) C/C++ - doing my best to avoid this option, but if we go this route,
are there IDE choices that might incorporate the GTK+ designer?

3) Python and GTK+ - this is also an attractive option to me, however,
the application needs to access a library and driver for communicating
with custom hardware, and that doesn't look like it is possible using
Python.

Any thoughts or other options?

Are there any books available that delve into GUI programming under
Linux?

Thanks....

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